The Stuffed Animal Rescue Foundation

The Stuffed Animal Rescue Foundation: Our Mission

The Stuffed Animal Rescue Foundation (S.A.R.F.) is an organization dedicated to the well-being of abandoned, outgrown or neglected Stuffed Animals.* We find permanent and/or foster homes for rescued Stuffed Animals (SAs), and we provide shelter, snuggles and good conversation in the interim. We are committed to the physical and mental rehabilitation of stuffed victims of abandonment, and we raise awareness of these problems through our Stuffed Animal Petting Zoo events. We are located in Austin, TX.

Rescue Objectives

To love SAs whose owners can no longer keep them (due to callousness, ‘growing up’ or apartment redecoration)

To rehabilitate SAs before placement by providing sanitization, psychotherapy, hug therapy and all needed innoculations

To place SAs in suitable homes with loving owners**

To evoke guilty feelings in those who have abandoned childhood SAs and to educate the public regarding SAs’ feelings

To thoroughly screen adoption applicants before making placement decisions

*The S.A.R.F. does not discriminate against ‘non-animal’ species (eg. snowmen, stuffed fruits or vegetables, strikingly cute pillows) as long as they are plush and are sufficiently adorable to be considered viable candidates for adoption.

**The S.A.R.F. reserves the right to keep any SAs to which we become attached during the rehabilitation process.

Dottie

Needs to be facing people when they talk to her. Requires weekly paw massages.

Specialties

SASL (Stuffed Animal Sign Language)

My name is Dottie, and I’m the most loyal and loveable stuffed animal you will ever meet. I am deaf, but it doesn’t bother me one bit. I can read lips AND I know SASL [Stuffed Animal Sign Language]. I also suffer from a condition called ‘Elephant Paws’, which is rare in stuffed dogs but is really common in stuffed elephants. The condition basically makes my legs kind of shaped like bellbottom pants! I was born this way, and my last owner thought it was cute… before she abandoned me.